住 / Japanese Kanji Meanings & Readings
What does 住 mean?
To live. To stay and live in a certain place. To not move from a certain place. Residence. To cease. To stop.
How to read 住?
Kunyomi... すむ/sumu,すまう/sumau,とどまる/todomaru
Onyomi... ジュウ/ju
jinmeikun... oki, sumi, mochi, yoshi,
* There are two typical ways of reading kanji, kun-yomi and on-yomi. In addition, there is a reading system called "jinmei kun" which is used only for names.
Other kanji information..
| application |
Can be registered as a Japanese name In Japan, 2999 kanji characters can be registered as names. (In other words, you cannot officially apply for any other kanji as a name.) But if you enjoy it as fiction, no problem. |
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| type | common-use kanji |
| unicode | 4F4F 住 (For HTML use) |
住 / related names
- Name:
- kasumi
- Katakana:
- カスミ
- Name:
- sumika
- Katakana:
- スミカ